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Essentials

Introduction

What changes can I make?

Page setup and print sizes

Using the slide master

University fonts

Sponsorship and other logos

Tips and tricks

Selecting a colour scheme

Headings in PowerPoint

Emphasising content

Bullets in PowerPoint

Copying and pasting from other applications

Inserting pictures

Getting poster printed

Poster printing at DPS

Design & Print Studio

Using our PowerPoint conference poster templatesA technical step-by-step guide

This guide is a mixture of general PowerPoint tips, issues which are specific to poster design, and some further explanation of our templates themselves.

If you have any queries about the templates, please do get in touch with [email protected].

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PowerPoint posters Essentials

Using our PowerPoint conference poster templates | Essentials

IntroductionThe overall aim of our templates is to help staff produce posters that present research findings easily in a way that is accessible to the reader, but also gives a professional, consistent appearance that correlates with other University documents.

The templates have been tested on PCs running Windows. Mac users should also be able to use the templates, but will not be able to embed fonts. OpenOffice users can also use the files, but they will behave exactly as they do in PowerPoint.

SoftwareMicrosoft Office 2007 and 2010 work very similarly and these instructions should cover both versions. Please do not use Office 2003 as this can cause compatibility problems and unexpected changes to your design.

Author 1 | Author 2 | Author 3 (edit this list via View > Slide Master)

Insert your unit name via View > Slide Master


This paragraph is a bullet point with the bullet deleted, but it is recommended that research posters use bullets whenever appropriate to help simplify complex arguments or theories.

• This text is identical to the above, but we have clicked the ‘Bullets’ button in the tool bar to make it a bullet. However, a bullet that sits outside the normal left margin of the text is a bit strange. It is usually better to indent all bullets to at least level two of the hierarchy.

• This one is the same as above, but we have clicked the ‘Increase indent’ button to increase the level of the bullet.

− You can also increase the indent by pressing the ‘Tab’ key 1. On this one, we have clicked the ‘Numbering’ button in the

formatting toolbar. 2. This generates a numbered list instead of bullets.

1. You can also nest numbers by pressing the ‘Tab’ key 2. Another example

This paragraph of text is actually a bullet point. By putting the cursor immediately before the first word in a bullet point, you can press ‘Backspace’ and then the ‘Tab’ key to remove the bullet and align the paragraph correctly. This is the only way to get a normal paragraph without a bullet.


When pasting in text or graphs, diagrams or pictures, a number of paste options are available. You may find that one of these paste options may work better than the default choice that PowerPoint makes for you.

Getting your poster printed with DPS

DPS have high-quality equipment and knowledgeable staff on hand to get your poster printed quickly and professionally. Our new process for placing poster orders means our service is faster and more reliable than ever before.

Go to: www.reading.ac.uk/dps-posterorder.aspx to place your order.

References 1. Author’s name, Book title, (Publisher: Year) pp. XX-YY

2. Author’s name, ‘Article title’, Journal title, publication info, pp. AA-BB

3. Researcher’s name, Institution

Acknowledgements • Write here anyone you would like to thank. It works best if this list is bulleted.

• Another person to thank here.

Contact information • Department of XXXXXXXXXXX, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH

• Email: [email protected] | www.reading.ac.uk/xxxxxxxxxx

Introduction The overall aim of our templates is to help staff produce

posters that present research findings easily in a way that accessible to the reader, but also gives a professional, consistent appearance that correlates with other University documents.

What changes can I make? Don’t change:

• Page size and margins: these should stay as they are. DPS will print at the size you require

• Position and size of the University device and unit names

• Top banner: this must stay the same depth

• Font: the University font ‘Rdg Vesta’ is used as the display font

• Colour: only use the Reading colour schemes offered

Change if you need to:

• Columns: you can use a different number of columns but aim for 8–12 words per line of text

• Layout: the layout of boxes and text is flexible

• Headings: there are three headings built in, you can create more if you need to

• Text size: the size of the text in the title is set quite large, to encourage you to write short titles. You can manually shrink the text if you need a longer title.

Legibility is important: the styles in the file have been set up to ensure a good level of legibility at common print sizes.

This is an example of Heading 2

This text is another ‘normal’ paragraph, and can follow any of the heading levels.

This is heading 3, deliberately misaligned (i.e. without a ‘Tab’ character before it). Notice that the second line is indented correctly, but the first line is wrong.

This is heading 3 as it should look

Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3

This is an example of a short, informative title split over two lines

Please don’t delete these headings until you’ve finished, you will need them.



Click to edit Master title style

Bullets in PowerPoint This paragraph is a bullet point with the bullet deleted,

but it is recommended that research posters use bullets whenever appropriate to help simplify complex arguments or theories.


• This one is the same as the above, but we have clicked the ‘Increase indent’ button to increase the level of the bullet.

• You can also increase the indent using the ‘Tab’ key

1. On this one, we have clicked the ‘Numbering’ button in the formatting toolbar.

2. This generates a numbered list instead of bullets.

1. You can also nest numbers by pressing the ‘Tab’ key

2. Another example.

• Use the ‘Decrease Indent’ button to return back up the hierarchy.


Fonts The template uses our custom-made University font ‘Rdg

Vesta’. This font is embedded into the document (on Windows PCs only), so that you can print this poster anywhere without having to install the fonts. Rdg Vesta is the only University font that we use in our conference poster templates.

Office 2010 allows you to insert equations via equation editor. Insert > Equation. Once an equation has been inserted/edited, it has its own text box and be scaled in the same way as standard text. If you need a special character to display scientific information, standard Windows fonts like Arial can be used.

Introduction

The overall aim of our templates is to help staff produce posters that present research findings easily in a way that is accessible to the reader, but also gives a professional, consistent appearance that correlates with other University documents.


Don’t change: • Page size and margins: these should stay as they are.

DPS will print at the size you require. • Position and size of the University device and unit

names • Top banner: this must stay the same depth • Font: the University font ‘Rdg Vesta’ is used as the

display font • Colour: only use the Reading colour schemes offered

Change if you need to: • Columns: you can use a different number of columns

but aim for 8–12 words per line of text • Layout: the layout of boxes and text is flexible • Headings: there are three headings built in, you can

create more if you need to • Text size: the size of the text in the title is set quite

large, to encourage you to write short titles. You can manually shrink the text if you need a longer title.





This is heading 3, deliberately misaligned (i.e. without a ‘Tab’ character before it). Notice that the second line is indented correctly, but the first line is wrong


Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Using the slide master Only the unit name and authors should be edited in the

slide master.

Our templates use the concept of a ‘Slide Master’ in PowerPoint to ensure that the crucial elements in the page cannot be changed, moved or distorted unintentionally. Content contained in the slide master includes: • the University device • the unit name (must be your official unit name) • the colour of the banner at the top of the page • the list of authors • a ‘master text frame’ that defines the sizes and styles for each

level of bullet in the document

You must be on the top master slide in order to edit the unit name and authors (this is the slide on the top of the left-hand column in Slide Master view).


You can change the colour scheme of your poster at any

time via Design > Colours then click on the ‘Colours’ options arrow. A list of the University colours will appear (they are all prefixed with Rdg conference poster). There are nine to choose from and changing a colour scheme will change all the colours with one click.

Changing fonts and shape colours manually is very time consuming and is not recommended.

Figure 1. This diagram has been positioned accurately within the column, as defined by the guides (choose View > Grids and Guides). You can copy and paste this text box to help you produce captions that align neatly with the rest of your text. Notice that this box has a 1.6mm left margin, to compensate for the indentation of bullets in the main text boxes.

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Pull-out box with bullets

• You can use these boxes to highlight part of your text.

• It’s best to type directly into this box if you want to retain the formatting of this text.

• Don’t put everything in a box, use them sparingly and with purpose.

• This box is actually made up of two boxes, but they are not grouped together. This allows you to increase the size of the box, without distorting the relationship between the two parts. You should always move the two boxes together, but enlarge them separately.

• This box is set to increase in size automatically as more text is added.



• Email: [email protected]

• www.reading.ac.uk/xxxxxxxxx


DPS have high-quality equipment and knowledgeable staff on

hand to get your poster printed quickly and professionally. Our new process for placing poster orders means our service is faster and more reliable than ever before.

To place your order: www.reading.ac.uk/dps-posterorder.aspx

This is an example of a short, informative title

There are two templates: one in portrait format and the other landscape.

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Don’t change … =• Page size should remain the same: changing the page size can distort the fixed

content in the template, e.g. the University device (logo) can become stretched. You can specify a print size when you upload your file to DPS for production. No matter what size the final size needs to be: please leave the PowerPoint page size unchanged.

• Position and size of the University device and unit names.

• Top banner must stay the same depth. This helps keep the spacing of all the different elements standardised.

• Fonts: the University font ‘Rdg Vesta’ is used as the display font. This is mandatory, though you can continue to use other fonts as necessary in order to best represent mathematical or scientific symbols of any kind.

• Colours: use only the Reading colour schemes offered in the Design tab – there are nine to choose from.

• Margins should not change – there should be a reasonable gutter between columns.

Legibility is important: the styles in the file have been set up to ensure a good level of legibility at common print sizes. Drastic changes to the width of text boxes, the font sizes or styles may decrease legibility.


Change if you need to … <• Columns: the templates are set up with either two columns (portrait)

or three columns (landscape). If you need to use a different number of columns, feel free to change this, but please bear in mind:

The relationship between text size and column width is an important factor in ensuring legibility. If you increase the number of columns, you should also decrease the size of the text. Likewise, a decrease in the number of columns should be accompanied by an increase in text size. Legibility research suggests that 8–12 words per line of text as this is an optimum line length for reading.

• Layout of boxes and text is flexible: Delete, duplicate or move elements as you need them.

• Headings: the templates come with three levels of heading, which should be enough for most posters, but create more if you need them.

• Text size: the size of the text in the title is set quite large, to encourage you to write short titles that are visible from a distance. If you really do need a long title, you can manually shrink the text.

What changes can I make?Although the templates are designed to standardise the presentation of information, please don’t feel that you can’t amend them to suit your needs. It’s important that you don’t follow the template too literally if it is not helping you to make your point.

However, from a design point of view, there are some things that should remain fixed, either because they are fundamental to ensuring a clear design, or because they will help us to produce sets of posters that clearly all belong to part of the same family visually, i.e. the University of Reading.

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Page setup and print sizesThe page setup is A1 size. Please don’t change this.

If you want to print the poster at a different size, simply instruct your printer to do this for you. If you are printing through DPS, you will see an option for print size on our online order form. The poster can easily be scaled up to A0 or down to A2 as needed, but this is best done by DPS.

The diagram shows the range of standard ‘A’ sizes in relation to each other along with their dimensions. Please use this as a guide to choose the size of your printed poster.

We can also print non-standard sizes on request.

A0 size 841 mm x 1189 mm




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You must be on the master slide in order to edit unit name and authors (this is the slide at the top of the left hand column). It may be hidden – to make it visible simply place the mouse cursor on the left hand edge of PowerPoint (see diagram below). Your cursor will change from it’s normal arrow into You can then click and drag to the right which will reveal the master slide and the various slide layouts.

You should use the slide master for editing your unit name and the list of authors only.

The actual content of your poster should be entered onto a normal slide, which you can reach by clicking on the Close Master View button.

Your top banner will be complete when the main title is added. It is deliberately set to two lines to encourage short, concise titles that are easy to read, but you can change it if you need to.


Using the slide masterOnly the unit name and authors should be edited on the slide master.

Our templates use the ‘slide master’ in PowerPoint to ensure that the crucial elements on the page cannot be changed, moved or distorted unintentionally. Content contained on the slide master includes:• the University device• the unit name (which must be your official unit name)• the coloured banner at the top of the page• the list of authors• a master text frame that defines the sizes and styles for each level

of bullet in the document

You can access the slide master by choosing View > Slide Master

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University fontsThe templates use our custom-made University font ‘Rdg Vesta’. This font is embedded into the document (on Windows PCs only) so you can print this poster anywhere without having to install any fonts. Rdg Vesta is the only University font that we use in our conference poster templates.

Embedding fonts in PowerPointOn Windows PCs, to embed the fonts in PowerPoint when you save the file:• Select Save As• Select Save Options from the drop down menu of Tools (at the bottom left,

next to the Save button)• A dialogue box appears and the embedding fonts options are at the bottom.

Ensure that ‘Embed fonts in the file’ is ticked and that ‘Embed all characters’ Is selected. This will ensure that other people who open the document can view and use the fonts even if the fonts are not installed on their computers.

Embedding fonts in a PDFFonts are automatically embedded when you save your file as a pdf. You can still use other fonts in your poster if you need to. Standard Windows fonts like Arial often have a large set of special characters that are useful for the display of scientific information. If Rdg Vesta does not have the character you need, you should change the font to Arial (or another appropriate font) for those characters only. The rest of the poster can stay in Rdg Vesta.

Microsoft Office 2010 allows you to insert equations via equation editor. This can be accessed via Insert > Equation.

A number of choices become available. Once an equation has been inserted/edited, it has its own text box and can be scaled in the same way as standard text.

Rdg Vesta is the only University font that we use in our conference poster templates.

In equations you can use other fonts, as Rdg Vesta will not have the wide range of symbols needed.

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Sponsorship and other logosIf you have sponsorship for your project and need to include logos other than the University device, you should position them on the page based on their relationship with the project:

Use position 1 for logos of equal partners in your project.

Use position 2 for logos of sponsors, affiliates or non-equal partners.

It is best for any logos to be high resolution and not just an image from a web page. This will ensure that the company is represented in a professional manner. Logos on the coloured top banner are best as white text or reversed images – these can usually be obtained from the company involved.

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Anonymous Author 1 | Anonymous Author 2, Anonymous Author 3 : School of Psychology, Cardiff University

School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Problems are encountered when the position in which items classified as intrusion errors are graphed in the same way. It is not immediately clear how intrusion errors should be generated using a model such as SIMPLE, but a further experiment showed that subjects were capable of generating items before estimating whether they were part of the TBR list or not. (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Results of asking subjects to recall all the items they remembered and then label them, as TBR (accept) or TBI (reject)

If distracters are simply items with a higher threshold of acceptance their recall can be modelled in the same way as TBR items. However, if this is done the serial position curves are flat (Figure 4), and do not provide a good fit to the data for oral recall.

Figure 4: Intrusions by presentation position and output modality. Only the related item condition is presented here as insufficient intrusions occurred in unrelated conditions. Oral recall produced reliably more intrusions than written recall and this interacted significantly with serial position.

Discussion Data from a free recall task where only correct items are considered

and disruption is caused by concurrent irrelevant information can be modelled reasonably well regardless of output type. Intrusion errors that also appear in the free recall protocol are less easy to model, in part because of their interaction with output type (beyond the scope of most models) but also because there is no clear mechanism for a consideration stage, at which the source of interfering information is considered and where such information may be excluded if appropriate.

References 1. Beaman, C. P. (2004). The irrelevant sound phenomenon revisited: What role for working memory

capacity? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 30, 1106-1118

2. Brown, G. D. A., Neath, I., & Chater, N. (2007). A temporal ratio model of memory. Psychological Review, 114, 539-576.

3. Marsh, J. E., Hughes, R. W., & Jones, D. M. (2008). Auditory distraction in semantic memory: A process-based approach. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 682-700

Contact information • School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading,

Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Berkshire, RG6 6 6AL, United Kingdom


• www.reading.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/c-p-beaman.aspx

Abstract An experiment demonstrates how free recall of visually-presented,

categorically-related lists of words is disturbed by the presence of auditory distracters which subjects were instructed to ignore. Auditory distracters from the same category as the to-be-recalled items produced the most disturbance to recall and the most intrusion errors. Additionally, the points at which these intrusion errors occured differed dependent upon whether recall was written or spoken. A variant of the SIMPLE (Scale Invariant Memory and Perceptual LEarning) model (Brown, Neath & Chater, 2007) is applied to these data.

Experiment In free recall tasks, to-be-ignored (TBI) items disrupt correct recall of

lists of exemplars drawn from single semantic categories, especially if the distracting items are semantically similar to the to-be-remembered (TBR) exemplars. Moreover, in such tasks, TBI items are frequently falsely recalled (Beaman, 2004; Marsh, Hughes, & Jones, 2008).

This experiment looks at how the timing of TBI items affects their appearance in oral and written recall protocols. Fifteen items were visually presented at a rate of 1 item/second. Recall was cued 5s later. A sequence of TBI items from the same category as the TBR items was presented simultaneously. Figure 1 shows the number of correct recalls at each serial position relative to a control condition in which the TBI items were from a different category.

Figure 1: Serial position function for correct recalls.

These data are broadly compatible across recall modalities. In both cases there was a statistically significant effect of the relatedness of the TBI list. It is straightforward to fit an extant model of free recall to these data if only these correct recalls are considered. Figure 2 shows fits obtained using the SIMPLE model (see Brown et al., 2007, for details) . Free parameters (c, threshold, noise) were estimated by minimizing Summed Square Error using the Nelder-Mead method.

Figure 2: Fits of the model to correct recall by serial position.

Auditory Distraction during Semantic Processing: Data and a Model

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Anonymous Author 1 | Anonymous Author 2, School of Psychology Cardiff University | Anonymous Author 3 , School of Psychology Cardiff University

School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Problems are encountered when the position in which items

classified as intrusion errors are graphed in the same way. It is

not immediately clear how intrusion errors should be generated

using a model such as SIMPLE, but a further experiment showed

that subjects were capable of generating items before estimating

whether they were part of the TBR list or not. (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Results of asking subjects to recall all the items they

remembered and then label them, as TBR (accept) or TBI (reject)

If distracters are simply items with a higher threshold of

acceptance their recall can be modelled in the same way as TBR

items. However, if this is done the serial position curves are flat

(Figure 4), and do not provide a good fit to the data for oral

recall.

Figure 4: Intrusions by presentation position and output

modality. Only the related item condition is presented here

as insufficient intrusions occurred in unrelated conditions.

Oral recall produced reliably more intrusions than written

recall and this interacted significantly with serial position.

Discussion.

Data from a free recall task where only correct items are

considered and disruption is caused by concurrent irrelevant

information can be modelled reasonably well regardless of

output type. Intrusion errors that also appear in the free recall

protocol are less easy to model, in part because of their

interaction with output type (beyond the scope of most models)

but also because there is no clear mechanism for a consideration

stage, at which the source of interfering information is

considered and where such information may be excluded if

appropriate.

References 1. Beaman, C. P. (2004). The irrelevant sound phenomenon revisited: What role for working

memory capacity? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 30,

1106-1118

2. Brown, G. D. A., Neath, I., & Chater, N. (2007). A temporal ratio model of memory.

Psychological Review, 114, 539-576.

3. Marsh, J. E., Hughes, R. W., & Jones, D. M. (2008). Auditory distraction in semantic memory: A

process-based approach. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 682-700

Contact information • School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Earley Gate,

Whiteknights, Berkshire, RG6 6 6AL, United Kingdom


• www.reading.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/c-p-beaman.aspx

Abstract: An experiment demonstrates how free recall of visually-

presented, categorically-related lists of words is disturbed by the presence of auditory distracters which subjects were instructed to ignore. Auditory distracters from the same category as the to-be-recalled items produced the most disturbance to recall and the most intrusion errors. Additionally, the points at which these intrusion errors occured differed dependent upon whether recall was written or spoken. A variant of the SIMPLE (Scale Invariant Memory and Perceptual LEarning) model (Brown, Neath & Chater, 2007) is applied to these data.

Experiment.

In free recall tasks, to-be-ignored (TBI) items disrupt correct recall

of lists of exemplars drawn from single semantic categories,

especially if the distracting items are semantically similar to the

to-be-remembered (TBR) exemplars. Moreover, in such tasks, TBI

items are frequently falsely recalled (Beaman, 2004; Marsh,

Hughes, & Jones, 2008).

This experiment looks at how the timing of TBI items affects their

appearance in oral and written recall protocols. Fifteen items

were visually presented at a rate of 1 item/second. Recall was

cued 5s later. A sequence of TBI items from the same category as

the TBR items was presented simultaneously. Figure 1 shows the

number of correct recalls at each serial position relative to a

control condition in which the TBI items were from a different

category.

Figure 1: Serial position function for correct recalls..

These data are broadly compatible across recall modalities. In

both cases there was a statistically significant effect of the

relatedness of the TBI list. It is straightforward to fit an extant

model of free recall to these data if only these correct recalls are

considered. Figure 2 shows fits obtained using the SIMPLE model

(see Brown et al., 2007, for details) . Free parameters (c, threshold,

noise) were estimated by minimizing Summed Square Error using

the Nelder-Mead method.

Figure 2: Fits of the model to correct recall by serial position.

Auditory Distraction during Semantic Processing: Data and a Model

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This logo is higher quality with white text, available on request from the partner institution.

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PowerPoint posters Tips and tricks

Selecting a colour schemeYou can change the colour scheme of your poster at any time.

Choose Design > Colours. A list of all the University colours will appear.

Select the colour scheme that you would like, there are nine to choose from. This method will change all the colours with one click. Changing fonts and shape colours manually is very time consuming and not recommended.

Note: Please do not use any of the Microsoft built-in schemes. All the University colour schemes will be named ‘Rdg conference poster’, so they are easy to differentiate.

The University colour schemes. They are all prefixed with ‘Rdg conference poster’.

Using our PowerPoint conference poster templates | Tips and tricks

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Headings in PowerPointPowerPoint has no concept of multiple ‘headings’ on a page, unlike Word. When you type text into Powerpoint, it will only ever insert bullet points. To address this issue, we have created three levels of heading in the text box on the far right of the poster. You can copy and paste these into your main text box to break up your copy into sections.

Important: When you paste a heading into your text, a small icon will appear next to it.

Click on this icon to view a short list of Paste Options. Always choose Keep Source Formatting to maintain to correct size and style of the heading you are pasting in. Also, remember that just like other text in PowerPoint, you will need to insert a ‘Tab’ character before the first word of your heading in order for it to line up correctly.












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Above: Our templates store headings in a special box, ready for you to copy and paste.

Below: Some examples of the three levels of headings in use.


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Emphasising contentThere are several good ways to pick out important concepts within a poster. Here are a few you might find useful.

Headings• Shows the structure of the

whole poster• Top-level headings are usually:

Introduction, Method and Conluclusion

Bold• Useful to highlight words within

a paragraph• You can make a whole paragraph bold:

+ draws attention – can make it hard to read in

long paragraphs• Don’t use bold throughout

Bullets• Perfect for any kind of list• Can be a numbered list, if useful

Boxes• Better for peripheral information,

not the main narrative• Good for drawing attention to

diagrams, tables or charts























































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Bullets in PowerPointWe recommend that conference posters use bullets whenever appropriate to help simplify complex arguments or theories.

By clicking the ‘Bullets’ button in the tool bar you can make text a bullet point. However, a bullet that sits outside the normal left margin of the text can look strange. It is usually better to indent all bullets to at least level two of the hierarchy. An explanation of bullet hierarchy is below.

The bullets options in the tool bar are shown below. Use these buttons to begin a bulleted list, a numbered list, decrease list level or to increase the list level.







• This text is identical to the above, -but we have clicked the ‘Bullets’ button in the tool bar to make it a bullet. However, a bullet that sits outside the normal left margin of the text is a bit strange. It is usually better to indent all bullets to at least level two of the hierarchy.






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Copying and pasting from other applicationsCopying and pasting text from other Word or PowerPoint files can easily break the formatting built in to templates. If possible, it is best to write your text either directly within the template or in a plain text editor such as Notepad or WordPad. This means that when you paste in your copy it will not bring any extraneous design features along with it.

However, when pasting text, there are different paste options available:• Use destination theme• Keep source formatiing• Picture• Keep text only

These are accessed via the Paste Options icon (clipboard) when you paste into PowerPoint. You may find that one of these paste options may work better than the default choice that PowerPoint makes for you.

Excel graphsPasting graphs or diagrams from Excel can alter the colours. However, using the paste options, these changes can be avoided. The options for pasting are:• Use destination theme and embed workbook• Keep source formatting and embed workbook• Use destination theme and link data• Keep source formatting and link data• Picture

Selecting the right option depends on what you are trying to achieve. It can be a question of trial and error until the pasted content looks as you expect.

Excel graph pasted in keeping source formatting (matches the original graph)

Excel graph pasted in using destination theme (matches the colours of your poster)

Text Paste Options1 Use destination theme2 Keep source formatiing3 Picture4 Keep text only

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Inserting picturesYou can insert pictures into your poster by choosing Insert > Picture

There are two main kinds of pictures:

DecorativeThese are often large and colourful, designed to attract attention. These kinds of images can add impact to your design but it is generally not a good idea to place a large decorative image behind your text. This can result in legibility problems for your audience.

InformativeThese images are points of discussion that form a part of your presentation. They should always be properly captioned and referenced.

Using images from web pages

Images viewed on screen will only print well at around half the size that you see them on a web page.


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